Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Wednesday said that Poland’s military took action after a vessel from Russia’s so-called “shadow fleet” was spotted carrying out suspicious maneuvers near an undersea power cable linking Poland and Sweden
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Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Wednesday said that Poland’s military took action after a vessel from Russia’s so-called “shadow fleet” was spotted carrying out suspicious maneuvers near an undersea power cable linking Poland and Sweden.
The incident comes amid heightened Nato vigilance in the Baltic Sea, following a series of disruptions to power lines, communication networks, and gas pipelines since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
“A Russian ship from the ‘shadow fleet’ covered by sanctions performed suspicious maneuvers near the power cable connecting Poland with Sweden,” Prime Minister Donald Tusk wrote on X.
“After the effective intervention of our military, the ship sailed to one of the Russian ports,” he added.
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The term “shadow fleet” refers to vessels used by Russia to transport oil, weapons, and grain in defiance of international sanctions imposed after its invasion of Ukraine.
Polish Defence Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz later told reporters that a patrol aircraft had successfully driven the vessel away, and that the Polish Navy’s ORP Heweliusz was en route to the area.
Vice Admiral Krzysztof Jaworski, Poland’s Maritime Component Commander, identified the tanker as Sun, which is registered under the flag of Antigua.
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